Don't go!

Neo picked up the device and examined it closely, looking for a way to turn it on.

"It only works when you're asleep, I told you," Carolina explained.

"I'm feeling a little sleepy right now, could I sleep and use it?" Neo asked.

Carolina smiled happily, knowing she would finally see the Dreamcapture in action.

She led Neo into a separate room, opened the door and turned on the light. Neo saw a bed with a pink blanket and a pillow. In the corner was a table with a computer and keyboard. The room was simple compared to where he had been before.

She put the equipment on her brother's head and put him on the bed.

"Don't worry, I don't usually use this bed for sleeping. I often fall asleep while working."

"It all makes sense now," he thought.

Carolina left the room and turned off the light.

"I'll work in the meantime. Let me know when you wake up," she said as she closed the door.

It was hard to sleep with that thing on his head, but he was really sleepy, probably because of the physical effort he had put in that day, so he finally fell asleep.

When he woke up, he didn't remember any dreams. Disappointed, he got up and went to Carolina, who was working on something with loud music playing while she soldered two pieces of metal.

"Sorry, sis. I don't think I dreamt anything," Neo said.

Carolina was glad to see her brother awake. She turned off the music, took the object from his hands and checked his memories.

"Actually, it did record something. We have many dreams when we sleep, but we only remember a few when we wake up or in your case don’t remember any at all, " Carolina explained.

"So how do we see them?" Neo asked curiously.

"I take this chip here and we plug it into the computer. It stores the dreams as different video files."

They returned to the room and Carolina plugged the chip into the computer. There were at least fourteen separate videos.

The first dream showed Neo waking up in a garden as a cat. He hunted birds, but didn't catch any, so he decided to steal snacks from a lady who left them by her window.

As they watched more bizarre dreams and some more normal ones, Carolina became interested in one in particular.

It began in a field of sunflowers, the sky was blue with a few white clouds, and a girl dressed in white was standing among the flowers. Neo approached slowly. She turned to him, her blonde hair flying and shimmering in the sun, her deep blue eyes met his. She ran toward him with a smile, a beautiful smile. She jumped into his arms and they spun around. Just as they were about to kiss, Neo stopped the video, leaving Carolina curious.

"Who's that girl?" she asked teasingly.

"Nobody," Neo replied, trying to hide his embarrassment.

"Hmm. No one?" She stepped closer, searching his face for answers.

"No one!" Neo protested.

She smiled, knowing this girl meant something to her brother.

"Does that mean I have a sister-in-law?"

"No! Stop it. Let's watch the other dreams."

Several more dreams played on the screen, and Neo grew impatient. There seemed to be no sign of what he was really looking for.

In the last dream, he was in an unfamiliar room, putting on a white coat. When he had finished dressing, he left the house. It was night.

On his way he met Carolina. She had her hair down and didn't wear glasses, she was dressed in the Futura uniform. His brother appeared shortly after, wearing a colorful shirt and jeans.

"Look, sis, there you are. And Leo too," Neo said, pointing to the screen. But his sister's smile had vanished, and her eyes showed some fear.

They walked on, and Neo glanced at a sign and saw the address. The building had a lion symbol on the outside. Neo knew it had to be the same place from his previous nightmares.

Just as the group of siblings was about to enter, Carolina stopped the recording, her hand shaking. "Don't watch any more."

Neo was annoyed by the sudden pause and tried to click to continue. "I want to see."

She stopped him, becoming increasingly desperate. "No! You can't."

Neo stared into her eyes, determined to continue the recording. "I need to know."

She ripped out the chip attached to the computer and ran. Her brother followed her across the lab. She threw things to slow him down, but it was no use. He finally caught up to her. She went to a corner of the room, crouched down and hugged the chip.

Seeing his defenseless sister on the floor, shivering and crying, he realized he couldn't push any further. There had to be another way to resolve this. "All right, then I'll go there. I'll find out for myself."

He left the room and headed for the exit. He found a panel on the closed door, and since he knew the password, it was easy to open.

Carolina was still trembling in the corner, shaken by her memories. When she heard the door open, she connected the dots with what Neo had said earlier.

"No!" she cried in desperation as she hurried to her feet. Neo was already halfway to the exit when she reached him. She grabbed his hand with all the strength she had, which wasn't much, trembling the whole time.

He tried to keep walking, but the weight of her on him made it difficult. "Carolina, let go. Please. I have to go, I have to know the truth."

She didn't say anything, just kept holding on, trying to stop him. Eventually he managed to get his hand out of her grasp, which wasn't difficult, and he ran away. Carolina reached out to grab him again, but she couldn't. She sobbed, "Please, Neo, don't go!" as she fell to the ground. "Please."

Neo did not look back. He was certain that if he saw his once vibrant and happy sister crying, he wouldn't be able to take another step.

The last thing Carolina saw was her brother's back as he walked out the door and into the starlit night.

"Don't go."